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by Ian Karmel
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The following is the third in a four-part series examining the lasting impact of Carlos Santana’s electrifying album Supernatural, released in 1999.Man, it’s a hot one. It’s hard to say exactly why the song “Smooth” by Carlos Santana, featuring Rob Thomas from Matchbox 20, has entrenched itself so stubbornly in a zeitgeist that self-immolates and recreates itself more rapidly every day.read more

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Part One of a Four Part Series about Carlos Santana’s Supernatural
by Ian Karmel
RYAN ALEXANDER-TANNER
Once upon a time it was 1999. And in 1999 this country sat upon a precipice, with no guarantee of either safety or beauty in the ...